Responding to Stress (Stress Management) - A Review on the book

05/03/2023Responding to Stress

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PRESENTED BY:K. AKASH

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Book Review Session


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RESPONDING TO STRESS

- Tim Rogers


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About the book:

Author: Tim RogersPublisher: Viva Books Pvt. LtdNo of Pages: 71 pagesPrice: Rs. 75.00ISBN #: 81-7649-141-1Published in: 2007


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About the Author

Tim Rogers was born on 7th June 1969.He graduated from Indian University,

Bloomington.He is a consultant Psychiatrist.He work at National Health Service (NHS),

England.He has developed an innovative clinical

approach to stress management.


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Contents:

1) Becoming Stress Aware

2) Managing Stress

3) Planning your goals

4) Dealing with people

5) Relaxing

6) Improving your sleep

7) Doing and being


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1. Becoming Stress aware

Stress: Stress is the feeling of not being able to cope with problems or potential problems in your life.


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1. Becoming Stress aware

Components of Stress Situation Response

Identifying your stressors Abrupt Change Feeling Over Committed Feeling Under Committed Joyless Striving

Identifying your symptoms Physical Mental


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2. Managing Stress

Twin track maintenance: Action Relaxation

Action Technique: Reduce stress by taking action for some part of stress.

Relaxation technique: Reduce stress by managing peace, inner calm. Love your life for what it is.

NEITHER OF IT ALONE IS ENOUGH FOR REDUCING STRESS


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3. Planning your goals

Reduce stress by planningGOALS – What & Why:

Brainstorming, Prioritize, Choose the goal, Listing what to do, Listing obstacles, Overcome Challenges, Set a plan

Urgent V/s Important

Time Management Procrastination

Being Aware Working on it


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4. Dealing with people

Our responses to people: Assertive Submissive Aggressive

Barriers to assertiveness: Being Unclear Self Doubt Poor presentation


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5. Relaxing

The next part of managing stress is

relaxation.

Using your body to relax

Using Imagination

Virtualization


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6. Improving your sleep

Sleep can manage your Stress

Having a routine: Stick to it

What you Eat & Drink: Light snack of

carbohydrate rich food, Milk.

Changing Sleep environment


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7. Doing & Being

Increase Self – Efficacy: More Self Belief Confident Knowledge on one’s strengths & Weakness Ability to execute a plan of action

Self Transcendence: Type of freedomTwo Halves of a whole

Doing Being


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“The beauty of Stress Management is

that what starts simple process, to

reduce the pressure in your life, leads

to a deeper view of what your life is all about”


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THANK YOU

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